Space weather: Quick Facts

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Diagram showing the solar wind, a stream of charged particles from the sun, interacting with Earth's magnetic field and magnetosphere, causing some particles to spiral near the poles and create auroras.

aurora australis

field-aligned current system

Cross-sectional diagram showing Earth's magnetosphere, with the Van Allen radiation belts encircling the planet, surrounded by labeled regions including the atmosphere, magnetosheath, neutral sheet, and the flow of solar wind.

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